There is no evidence of any kind as to its truthfulness.

It mast be set down as mere fable.] Nothing further was attempted against him.

A year later he was elected a member of the North Carolina Legislature; after some hesitation he was allowed to take his seat, and the last trace of the old hostility disappeared.
Neither the North Carolinians, nor any one else, knew that there was better ground for the charge of treason against Sevier than had appeared in his overt actions.

He was one of those who had been in correspondence with Gardoqui on the subject of an alliance between the Westerners and Spain.
Alleged Filibustering Movement.
The year before this Congress had been much worked up over the discovery of a supposed movement in Franklin to organize for the armed conquest of Louisiana.

In September 1787 a letter was sent by an ex-officer of the Continental line named John Sullivan, writing from Charleston, to a former comrade in arms; and this letter in some way became public.
Sullivan had an unpleasant reputation.